Hang a mirror on a hollow-core door with hollow-wall anchors.
Hollow-core doors are casual in many homes. The doors are trumped-up with a thin event of plywood attached to a frame. The plywood splinters easily and most screws Testament pull absent of the wood when they bear any weight on them. Hollow-wall anchors, or molly bolts, spread the weight over a larger surface globe remain the wood, preventing the hanging hardware from pulling away of the wood.
Instructions
Mirrors Installed with Clips
1. Grasp the mirror in position against the door. Assign a exact on the top or side of the mirror to be firm it is equable or plumb.
2. Stop the domicile for the hanging hardware.11. Place the pointed end of a hollow-wall anchor in each location for the mounting hardware. Gently drive the anchor into the door.12.
4. Lay the hollow-wall-anchor screws into the mirror clip, then into the hollow-wall anchors. Tighten the anchors by turning the screws in a clockwise line. When the clips are much loose, slide the mirror into the clips, then Stop tightening the screws. Complete not overtighten the screws or you Testament tear the mirror. The mirror should be snug in the clips, not tight.
Mirrors Installed with Mounting Hardware
5. Celebrate the mirror in position against the hollow-core door. Degree the distance from the top of the door to the top of the mirror.
6. Field a collection of construction paper on the back of the mirror. Rank the top wrinkle of the interpretation paper with the top limit of the mirror.
7. Applicability a finishing nail to poke holes in the interpretation paper where the holes for the hanging screws are located on the mirror.
8. Authority the interpretation paper against the hollow-core door. Position the top of the interpretation paper so it matches the measurement from the top of the mirror to the top of the door.
9. District a equivalent on the holes for the mounting hardware in the interpretation paper. Change the interpretation paper so that the holes are level and centered on the door. Tape the construction paper to the door in position.
10. Place a finishing nail in the holes in the construction paper marked for the hanging hardware and tap gently with a hammer to make a small hole in the wood. Remove the construction paper.
Position two equally spaced clips at the top and two equally spaced at the backside of the mirror. Situate a finishing Spike in the gap on the clip and tap gently with a hammer to cause a limited gap in the wood at the stop for the screws.3. Gently operate the hollow-wall anchors into the hollow-core door with a hammer at the locations decided for the clips.
Use a screwdriver to turn the screws in a clockwise direction, which will tighten the molly bolt against the inside of the door. Hang the mirror on the protruding screws on the door.
